FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 22, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NOK by 11 after the first quarter and won 82–76.

Final
SEA114
ATL109
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA -1; Q4 SEA +5
Final
CLE107
PHI116
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +9
Final
ORL93
NJN96
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -10; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +3
Final
MIA103
NYK83
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +20
Final
UTA82
NOK76
Q1 UTA -11; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA -8; Q4 UTA +6
Final
LAC102
HOU106
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +4
Final
MIL91
CHI97
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +6
Final
BOS94
PHX103
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +9
Final
CHA110
POR106
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +4
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2004–05Feb 22, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ CHA), 39 points.
The lead · UTA @ NOK

Utah rallies from 11 down to beat New Orleans/Oklahoma City

Trailing by 11 after one, Utah outscored the Hornets 70–53 the rest of the way. Final: 82–76. Deron Williams led Utah with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-6-8+6UTA AHEAD ↑NOK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1223222582
NOK2318241176
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 5, 11, 6, 2, 10, 7, 4, 17UTA17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 24, 12, 21, 19, 11, 10, 17, 15UTA15 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 16, 25, 19, 6, 9, 1, 27, 18NOK18 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 15, 15, 19, 14, 12, 13, 12, 14NOK14 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 51 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
24.32004–05 avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 2004–05 (80 games). Today: 4 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Heat rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat New York by 20.

NJN over ORL3HOU over LAC4CHA over POR4SEA over ATL5UTA over NOK6CHI over MIL6PHI over CLE9PHX over BOS9MIA over NYK20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Shawn Marion leads the day with 44

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 21, 26, 14, 21, 18, 21, 16, 44PHX vs BOS · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 22, 35, 18, 33, 44, 43, 26, 33CLE @ PHI · L
31.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 31, 18, 22, 34, 19, 23, 20, 33SEA @ ATL · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 25, 30, 44, 29, 21, 15, 20, 32LAC @ HOU · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 10, 27, 8, 11, 23, 14, 18, 30LAC @ HOU · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 11, 13, 8, 9, 14, 15, 22, 30BOS @ PHX · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kevin MartinSAC+6.9 17.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.2 15.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Ben GordonCHI+5.4 21.9 last 10 · 16.5 season
Kirk SnyderNOK+5.4 13.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Mark BlountMIN−5.5 5.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Marcus CambyDEN−5.2 9.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.1 20.1 last 10 · 25.2 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−4.5 5.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.2 30.7 last 10 · 34.9 season